Fairway Auto hopes to open new dealership on Milton Road

Tuesday

Dec 4, 2012 at 3:15 AM

By Liz Markhlevskayalmark@fosters.com

ROCHESTER — With hopes of opening a new car dealership on Milton Road as soon as possible, Norway Plains engineering President Art Nickless asked the Planning Board to consider a phased approach when it comes to site plans for Fairway Auto Sales.

Plans for the new car dealership, to be located near Route 11, previously came before the Planning Board in June, and in order to make a single-family home into a business, a section of Old Milton Road had to be abandoned by the city before work on the site could start.

Recently, the City Council voted to abandon a section of Old Milton Road. Because the council vote occurred six months after the project went before the Planning Board, the site plans could not be approved in time for construction of the dealership to begin.

Plans include demolishing an existing single family home, with the current address of 72 Old Milton Road, and building a car dealership instead, with cars displayed in the front.

On Tuesday, Nickless asked the Planning Board to consider plans for the first phase of the project, which would entail a display of about 10 vehicles at that location and for the owner to use the existing house as a sales office for the next several months. Nickless said that this initial phase would help the business gain revenue during the winter, without having to wait for the spring, when construction season begins.

The Planning Board decided Tuesday to take up Nickless’ proposal at the board’s future meeting.

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